Video Venice pilot boat alongside "Rhapsody of the Seas" sailing from Venice Italy
published on 2 February 2021
Article Navigator 2021 by Loodswezen is available now
published on 10 January 2022
Video Dunkerque Port: One Day Work
published on 16 November 2021
Article Hamburg orders new 18m Pilot Boat from Baltic Workboats
published on 16 February 2024
Video The Boats That Built Britain - The Pilot Cutter - Part 2
published on 8 September 2020
Many consider the Bristol Channel pilot cutter to be the finest sailing boat design ever. Fast, seaworthy and beautiful to behold, the pilot cutter is the perfect combination of form and function - a thoroughbred perfectly adapted to a life in one of the Britain's most treacherous stretches of water. Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe explores the life of the pilots and sails a perfectly restored cutter to find out just what drove these men and their wonderful machines.
Video Delaware River Pilot Boat Transfers Pilot to Moving Ship
published on 28 May 2022
Video Virginia Pilots Rely on Volvo Penta IPS Propulsion
published on 4 December 2020
The new 56-ft. Virginia Pilots launch is powered by a pair of Volvo Penta D13 700 hp EPA Tier 3 engines matched with IPS-3 steerable pod drives with forward-facing counter-rotating props. The propulsion system includes Volvo Penta’s EVC electronic steering and control system with a three-axis joystick. Top speed is 33+ knots.